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3ware Serial ATA RAID Controller User Guide for the Power Mac G5
Contents
Main
Copyright
Trademarks
Disclaimer
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Table of Contents
About this User Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 3. 3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Chapter 4. Configuring Your Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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Chapter 5. Configuring Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Chapter 6. Maintaining Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
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About this User Guide
How this User Guide is Organized
Conventions
Screenshots
Getting Started with Your 3ware RAID Controller
Physically Install the Controller and Drives
Install the 3ware Driver and Disk Management Software
Configure the RAID Unit and Drives
Set Up Management and Maintenance Features
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Initial Settings for Policies and Background Tasks
Table 2: Default Settings for Policies and Background Tasks
Introducing the 3ware 9590SE-4ME RAID Controller
System Requirements
Understanding RAID Concepts and Levels
RAID Concepts
Available RAID Configurations
RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 5
RAID 10
Single Disk
Hot Spare
Determining What RAID Level to Use
Using Drive Capacity Efficiently
3ware Tools for Configuration and Management
Monitoring, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting Features
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3DM 2 (3ware Disk Manager) Introduction
Browser Requirements for 3DM
Installing 3DM
Uninstalling 3DM on the Macintosh
Starting 3DM and Logging In
Logging In to the 3DM Web Application
Starting and Stopping the 3DM Process Manually on the Macintosh
Viewing 3DM Remotely Using a Web Browser
Working with the 3DM Screens
3DM Menus
Viewing Information About Different Controllers
Refreshing the Screen
3DM Screens and What They're Used For
Working with the 3DM Screens
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Table 5: List of 3DM Pages
Setting Up 3DM Preferences
Setting and Changing 3DM Passwords
Managing E-mail Event Notification
Enabling and Disabling Remote Access
Setting the Incoming Port #
Setting the Frequency of Page Refreshes
Configuring Your Controller
Viewing Information About a Controller
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Viewing Controller Policies
About Controller Policies
Setting the Auto Rebuild Policy
Using Auto-Carving for Multi LUN Support
Setting the Size of Volumes Created with Auto-Carving
Configuring Units
Configuring a New Unit
Configuration Options When Creating a Unit
Drives to be included in the unit
Type of configuration (RAID Level)
Name of the unit (optional)
Stripe size, if appropriate for the RAID level
Unit policies
Creating a Unit
Initializing (Formatting) and Partitioning Units
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Creating a Hot Spare
Naming a Unit
Setting Unit Policies
Enabling and Disabling the Unit Write Cache
Setting Auto Verify for a Unit
Setting Continue on Source Error During Rebuild
Enabling and Disabling Queuing for a Unit
Setting the StorSave Profile for a Unit
About StorSave Profile Levels
Setting the StorSave Profile through 3DM
Changing An Existing Configuration
RAID Level Migration (RLM) Overview
Table 7: Valid Migration Paths
Changing RAID Level
Expanding Unit Capacity
Informing the Operating System of Changed Configuration
Deleting a Unit
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Removing a Unit
Moving a Unit from One Controller to Another
Adding a Drive
Removing a Drive
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Rescanning the Controller
Maintaining Units
Checking Unit and Drive Status
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Enclosure LED Status Indicators
Unit Statuses
Drive Statuses
About Degraded Units
About Inoperable Units
Alarms, Errors, and Other Events
Viewing Alarms, Errors, and Other Events
Downloading an Error Log
Viewing SMART Data About a Drive
Background Tasks
About Initialization
Initialization of Different RAID Types
Background Initialization After Power Failure
About Verification
What Verification Does
Verification of Non-Redundant Units
Verification of Redundant Units
parity mismatch
How Errors Are Handled
Starting a Verify Manually
Rebuilding Units
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Cancelling a Rebuild and Restarting It with a Different Drive
Setting Background Task Rate
Background Task Prioritization
Scheduling Background Tasks
Scheduled Task Duration
Viewing Current Task Schedules
Turning On or Off Use of a Task Schedule
Removing a Task Schedule
Adding a New Task Schedule Slot
Selecting Self-tests to be Performed
Locating a Drive by Blinking Its LED
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Maintaining Your Controller
Updating the Driver and Firmware
3DM 2 Reference
Controller Summary page
Controller Details page
Unit Information page
Unit Details page
Drive Information page
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Drive Details window
Extra Drive Information
SMART Data
Controller Settings page
Background Task Rate
Unit Policies
Unit Names
Other Controller Settings
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Scheduling page
Task Schedules
Self-test Schedules
Maintenance page
Rescan Controller
Unit Maintenance
Unit Information
Drive Information
Maintenance Task Buttons
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Available Drives (to Create Units)
Create Unit
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Alarms page
Battery Backup page
Enclosure Summary page
Enclosure Details page
3DM 2 Settings page
E-mail Notification
Password
Page Refresh
Remote Access
HTTP Settings
Troubleshooting
Web Resources
Before Contacting Customer Support
Enclosure-Related Problems
Error and Notification Messages
Chapter 9. Troubleshooting
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Error and Notification Messages
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Chapter 9. Troubleshooting
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Error and Notification Message Details
0001 Controller reset occurred
0002 Degraded unit
0003 Controller error occurred
0004 Rebuild failed
0006 Incomplete unit detected
0007 Initialize completed
0008 Unclean shutdown detected
0009 Drive timeout detected
000A Drive error detected
000B Rebuild started
000C Initialize started
000D Unit deleted
000E Initialize failed
000F SMART threshold exceeded
0019 Drive removed
001A Drive inserted
001E Unit inoperable
001F Unit Operational
0021 Downgrade UDMA mode
0022 Upgrade UDMA mode
0023 Sector repair completed
0024 Sbuf memory test failed
0025 Cache flush failed; some data lost
0026 Drive ECC error reported
0027 DCB checksum error detected
0028 DCB version unsupported
0029 Verify started
002A Verify failed
002B Verify completed
002C Source drive ECC error overwritten
002D Source drive error occurred
002E Replacement drive capacity too small
002F Verify not started; unit never initialized
0032 Spare capacity too small for some units
0033 Migration started
0034 Migration failed
0035 Migration completed
0036 Verify fixed data/parity mismatch
0038 SO-DIMM not detected
0039 Buffer ECC error corrected
003A Drive power on reset detected
003B Rebuild paused
003C Initialize paused
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0043 Backup DCB read error detected
0044 Battery voltage is normal
0045 Battery voltage is low
0046 Battery voltage is high
0047 Battery voltage is too low
0049 Battery temperature is normal
004A Battery temperature is low
004B Battery temperature is high
004C Battery temperature is too low
004D Battery temperature is too high
004E Battery capacity test started
004F Cache synchronization skipped
0050 Battery capacity test completed
0051 Battery health check started
0052 Battery health check completed
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Compliance and Conformity Statements
FCC Radio Frequency Interference Statement
European Community Conformity Statement
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Warranty, Technical Support, and Service
Limited Warranty
Exclusions
State Law Provisions
Warranty Service and RMA Process
AMCC Technical Support and Services
Sales and ordering information
Feedback on this manual
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Index